Gold Prospecting & Testing My Gold Vein For Gold! | High Grade Gold Vein Testing

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  • Join us as we go gold prospecting and test my high-grade gold vein with @Danhurd . We take samples from the vein and bring them down to my shop where we process the gold ore through the jaw crusher, hammer mill, and shaker table to recover the gold. The gold concentrates and black sand are then smelted down to gold bullion. We weigh the gold bullion/button and calculate how much gold there is per ton in my gold vein. Hint: it's really rich! Don't miss this exciting gold prospecting and gold vein testing adventure!
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    00:00 Introduction
    00:54 Prospecting For Gold
    03:45 Sampling The Gold Vein
    13:09 Crushing & Concentrating The Gold
    19:15 Smelting The Gold
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 189

  • @donmeares3652
    @donmeares3652 Рік тому +9

    I am not a GOLD prospector!
    Never have ever been prospecting for Gold!
    After watching almost all of Jasons videos (several times) I AM SURE I could DO IT & likely FIND SOME GOLD!
    THIS is about the most interesting & MOTIVATING channels on UA-cam!
    I am absolutely convinced I could smelt & recover any precious metals I might find,
    ALL,
    BASED, solely on what Jason has TOLD us ALL!
    He is (in my opinion) better than any college professor, & HE gives it to us FREE!
    By the way, I am 85 years old!
    As soon as my last KNEEE replacement heals!
    I AM READY to go PROSPECTING!
    THANKS Jason!

  • @jtswhitewater4940
    @jtswhitewater4940 Рік тому +33

    Now we are all waiting for the zip line of gold down the mountain ⛰ 😂

    • @krakhedd
      @krakhedd Рік тому +3

      Jason's got that portable milling setup for the back of his pickup truck, maybe we might just see something like that soon :)

    • @tonyloechte9994
      @tonyloechte9994 Рік тому +3

      Thats a great idea 😊

    • @BillMulholland1
      @BillMulholland1 Рік тому +1

      Agreed

    • @garfieldverdine8777
      @garfieldverdine8777 Рік тому +1

      Keep an eye on him. He's a treasure and a pleasure to watch. His back is not good for a vertical 🤞🏽

    • @Sugarsail1
      @Sugarsail1 Місяць тому

      Gravity is your friend

  • @loniwulff1151
    @loniwulff1151 Рік тому +3

    Boy Dan missed his chance when you said, "The redder the better" 😆

  • @joelhiggins6156
    @joelhiggins6156 Рік тому +2

    I am imagining a 25 degree slope track down the mountain with an ore cart zooming out of control down the hill LOL

  • @KentuckyColonel
    @KentuckyColonel Рік тому +8

    I have a feeling that this will be the last Dan Hurd - Jason video.. lolol.. the look on Dan's face @12:35 is like "why am I here..." 😩

  • @GSProspecting
    @GSProspecting Рік тому +2

    Just amazing day out fam. Loads of great info fam. Keep on having fun getting that au and living the dream fam. Gold Squad Out!!!

  • @Pa.PatriotProspecting
    @Pa.PatriotProspecting Рік тому +4

    Nice was waiting for this!

  • @rikspector
    @rikspector Рік тому +4

    Jason,
    That's awesome.
    WE need more people like you and your Dad and cohorts in Whatcom County.
    Sorry I missed the chance to shake your hand and wish you the best!
    Chewers,
    Rik

  • @MakingUsThink
    @MakingUsThink Рік тому +2

    Time to bring in the trucks, hammer drills etc. and get that mountain rock processed!

  • @paraglidingprospector
    @paraglidingprospector Рік тому +1

    Wow, it’s wild to see the trek you both made! 🙌🏼✌🏼 Great work!

  • @Alondro77
    @Alondro77 Рік тому +1

    I'm getting a pretty good mass of black sands from my panning in a glacial moraine. I'm finding small gold flakes, and I know there's much more bound up in the black sands, which have quite a bit of what looks like fine galena sand that's so dense it's sometimes hard to pan the flakes out of it.
    I'm thinking once I get a full bucket of it, send you a 500g sample for an assay. It's heavily weathered, so there shouldn't be much sulfide remaining except for galena. There are possibly some tellurides, as this material was dragged out of eastern Canada 10k years ago.
    I find quartz with green stone, quartz with rust, quartz with visible hematite granules, and quartz with many small empty pits where sulfides weathered out.

  • @krakhedd
    @krakhedd Рік тому +12

    Love seeing Dan on your videos. You guys have really different but both great personalities 🤘
    Jason, I'm curious - would tungsten hammers be better for the hammer mill, or just too expensive/difficult for the additional hardness?

  • @richardainsworth7052
    @richardainsworth7052 Рік тому +1

    The two of you could write several books with what's in y'all's heads. Keep these vids coming and thank you for sharing!! 👍

  • @1jasonrl
    @1jasonrl Рік тому +1

    Yup, love the colab with Dan Hurd. Can't wait to see you use a helicopter to pull down a TON of that good material. Know any pilot friends with a copter you could borrow?

  • @xtctrader1467
    @xtctrader1467 Рік тому +6

    Love watching you and Dan working together.

  • @BillMulholland1
    @BillMulholland1 Рік тому +2

    Love the videos with you and Dan. Subscribed to both of you guys. Would love to see you guys do more videos together. Thanks Jason and Dan. ❤️🍻👍

  • @Escarii66
    @Escarii66 Рік тому +1

    That shaker table is fascinating to watch!

  • @UltrEgoVegeta
    @UltrEgoVegeta Рік тому +2

    Man I love watching you and Dan together

  • @rockman531
    @rockman531 Рік тому +6

    Hi Jason, Awesome video! Enjoyed watching you & Dan again prior to the processing segment. The amount of gold & silver (or maybe plat & palladium) is very encouraging! The bead looked great! If you get the bead checked with an XRF gun - please let us know the results. Stay safe! Looking forward to your "crazy" next adventure. Jim

  • @carroll-w7wxv
    @carroll-w7wxv Рік тому +1

    Jason, Thank you for all you do, love the videos!

  • @redditfm4578
    @redditfm4578 Рік тому +3

    What a team! Very nice to see you guys have fun while finding gold!

  • @rambozo_fpv176
    @rambozo_fpv176 Рік тому +2

    NGL I get excited when I see a new mbmmllc video!

  • @MrMunkyMeat
    @MrMunkyMeat Рік тому +1

    So, am I the only one that rotates between mbmmllc, Dan Hurd, Pioneer Pauly, and sreetips? These guys really are fantastic at entertaining and educating.

  • @rdaw33
    @rdaw33 Рік тому +1

    When you dropped the bead, I thought "easy come, easy go"...........I hope you hit it rich!!!!

  • @scrotusmaximus3043
    @scrotusmaximus3043 Рік тому +4

    Awesome. Looking forward to that ultra rich vein you posted earlier to

  • @johnhunt1725
    @johnhunt1725 Рік тому

    Drill some holes...load some sticks...KA-BLOOEY! Can't wait!

  • @mariocontrereas769
    @mariocontrereas769 Рік тому +1

    A nice rubber dump shoot will be nice on the bottom of that 6-7 in Harper mill. To not let fin gold dust out that bottom pan 🫡

  • @SouthpawDavey
    @SouthpawDavey Рік тому +2

    Been looking forward to this I saw Dan has had a great result from his claim and got a mining company in on the deal.
    Great result from your sample.

  • @greg2658
    @greg2658 Рік тому +1

    I love the sound of the jaw crusher!

  • @fogogin
    @fogogin Рік тому +1

    I like how you paused right before the hammers clanked, I assume you knew that was about to happen.

  • @NewNormac
    @NewNormac Рік тому

    Bring in the whirlybirds, nice watching your adventures, can’t wait to see what next~Smile oN

  • @bhutjolokia6990
    @bhutjolokia6990 Рік тому +1

    Look forward to the next video, nice sample!!👍😁

  • @kencarbon2346
    @kencarbon2346 Рік тому +1

    Enjoyed watching your video nice work. Yous really had to go up high and work for the material you needed for a good sample.Thankyou for sharing your experience with us and nice gold button.😀

  • @jayhac3803
    @jayhac3803 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for killing Dan, lol. I'm excited to see what comes out of this sample

  • @pazuzutru-truluv7094
    @pazuzutru-truluv7094 Рік тому +2

    I just gotta say I love your videos as I also love San Hurd’s.
    I recently watched a large scale operation that had great shots of a massive shaker table with a band of gold dust inches wide.
    They also used electrolysis on this grey slurry. From what I could tell they had carbon attach itself to the gold in the slurry and then use cathode/diode to grab the gold before cupelling.
    Do you and your great company do any of that as well as your shaker tables etc?

  • @masterofcents.8175
    @masterofcents.8175 Рік тому +7

    Been waiting for this processing video. You guys together are so entertaining to watch it is incredible thank you for all you do.

  • @stanleybennett8879
    @stanleybennett8879 Рік тому +1

    The feather and wedges look like fun!

    • @jaquigreenlees
      @jaquigreenlees Рік тому

      old school rock splitting, Demolition Dave has used larger models to split some pretty big rocks on his channel, though he most often drills holes and blasts he does occasionally use other methods where blasting would be a problem.

  • @MegaSilverStacker
    @MegaSilverStacker Рік тому

    Hello Jason, Helicopter ya say🤔 Sign me up! You and Dan are on the Gold!🤗 commenting early so 🤞 on an Awesome assay! Thank you for the video

  • @ericrullo1102
    @ericrullo1102 Рік тому +3

    Im living vicariously through your videos Jason. Can hardly wait to live the next one 👍 👍

  • @HanstheTraffer
    @HanstheTraffer Рік тому

    If I have 20+ new videos on my youtube thing, Jason's is the first I watch. Rich Rich content. Thanks Jason.

  • @RJ-zm3tr
    @RJ-zm3tr Рік тому

    My favorite! Love the processing and smelting videos.

  • @XxelmokillerxX1
    @XxelmokillerxX1 Рік тому +1

    Cant wait for the BIG VIDEO! KEEP UP THE CONTENT!!!!

  • @nocapyoulackn3594
    @nocapyoulackn3594 Рік тому +1

    Love Dan such a free sprit nice guy.. you guys make a good pair lol great video.

  • @m80wulf
    @m80wulf Рік тому +1

    I like how your videos are now including the first video at the beginning

  • @darrenmarney8577
    @darrenmarney8577 Рік тому +1

    Nice work Jason 👌 Looking forward to your next video & results 🤙

  • @talldave1000
    @talldave1000 Рік тому +2

    I'm learning quite a bit from your videos Jason. Keep up the good work

  • @AMProspecting
    @AMProspecting Рік тому +1

    Great video lots of information...Dan is a trooper!

  • @jackkollman9683
    @jackkollman9683 Рік тому +1

    Dude your adventures in finding all this is amazing. Thank you for the videos.

  • @Uriel_222
    @Uriel_222 Рік тому +1

    Awesome. Thanks Jason

  • @bentationfunkiloglio
    @bentationfunkiloglio Рік тому +1

    Nice! That is some valuable quartz.

  • @historicshearersquarters252
    @historicshearersquarters252 Рік тому +1

    Fantastic to watch this, loads to learn and ypu make it super interesting 👍

  • @angusmcnaughton4570
    @angusmcnaughton4570 Рік тому +1

    Great video, you covered just about everything in one shot 👍
    ....and you didn't kill any Canadians

  • @nickolasplasterer4194
    @nickolasplasterer4194 Рік тому +1

    Hey Jason, could I just keep reusing my lead button or am I ok to keep using the lead and collecting my gold till I am ready to cupel? You have probably already told us this but I have forgotten. I believe you said we could but only for a few times.
    Thanks Brother, your videos are awesome and so very valuable! You simplify the processes with us and share so much. This is one of the best channels on UA-cam. You are a great person for sharing your knowledge with us, bless you!

  • @rorywiley76
    @rorywiley76 Рік тому +1

    Nice Jayson thanks for the informative video. Keep up the great work.

  • @JimFinlayson
    @JimFinlayson Рік тому +1

    Thanks…I look forward to seeing the next videos.

  • @ronhollis157
    @ronhollis157 Рік тому +1

    Very cool that you two are working together. I wished that I could join you.

  • @StirlingLighthouse
    @StirlingLighthouse Рік тому +1

    I so enjoy your videos.
    Thank you Jason. 🙏

  • @Michael-rg7mx
    @Michael-rg7mx Рік тому +1

    How do you re charge the battery up on your mountain. The old prospectors looked like Dan but had 2 mules that they talked to for years. Take some camping gear and set up nearby at some water source. Star drill the holes and use small bits of jelly packed in as deep as you can along the hanging wall. Then wedge off the foot wall by hand. Make a big pile at camp then concentrate it with a hammer and pan. I've read reports filed by field geologists from the mid to late 1800's. They would stay up on a strike for the summer concentrating samples. Then pack up and head for a town with a post office. He would send out dozens of bags of concentrates back to the main office along with his reports. Restock and relax in town. Then head out to the next part of the fault lines. They did that for a career, all their lives.

    • @Pattaya-360
      @Pattaya-360 Рік тому

      You left out the part where they mail the other box to their loved ones….

  • @wrxs1781
    @wrxs1781 Рік тому +1

    Good video, waiting with anticipation for the next one.

  • @evandawkins4805
    @evandawkins4805 Рік тому +1

    Dang boy now that is a nice return 👍😯😁

  • @NET-POSITIVE
    @NET-POSITIVE Рік тому +3

    The silver is manganese oxide.

  • @nicevideomancanada
    @nicevideomancanada Рік тому +1

    a big Drone would be helpful to carry your ore down. I love all of your videos, viewing from Calgary Alberta.

  • @RealJoshMisner
    @RealJoshMisner Рік тому +2

    Good morning ☀️

  • @daz41262010
    @daz41262010 Рік тому +1

    great update video Jason :)

  • @pikepoke
    @pikepoke Рік тому

    take all the dust from drilling, put it in a pan with a bit of water and you can see if there is any gold in it for a bit of onsite fun for Dan. a small tarp to capture the broken rocks and dust would have been helpful as well. gravity is not our friend when carrying heavy rock! 8mm screen seems a bit course for fine gold? cool stuff, thanks for sharing.

  • @aaronweiss5587
    @aaronweiss5587 Рік тому +6

    How do you separate the gold from the silver?

    • @TheCainsie
      @TheCainsie Рік тому +1

      Yeah I don't think you've ever shown us past the cupel

    • @bhutjolokia6990
      @bhutjolokia6990 Рік тому

      Could be done with acids.

    • @TheGayestPersononYouTube
      @TheGayestPersononYouTube Рік тому +3

      Inquart it with more silver or a base metal and dissolve with nitric acid. The gold will not dissolve in the acid so you can filter it off from there to further purify. There are different methods as well.

  • @freddking4389
    @freddking4389 Рік тому +1

    Nice. Looking forward to next video.

  • @frizzlefrack253
    @frizzlefrack253 Рік тому +1

    Dan Hurd shoutout! That's how I found your channel :D

  • @markg3025
    @markg3025 Рік тому

    You need to bring Dan’s kids along with you next time you go to harvest quarts and gold in that vein.

  • @Yngvi_Barran
    @Yngvi_Barran Рік тому +1

    Awesome. Love your work. There is a slight blurr when you move your camera though. Are you using a GoPro like Dan?

  • @mandybrown7758
    @mandybrown7758 Рік тому +1

    Really cool video I always enjoy 😉

  • @davidlove456
    @davidlove456 Рік тому

    Wow nice! Great video.

  • @kengilmore4384
    @kengilmore4384 Рік тому +1

    Very cool! Would love to go up there and explore with you

  • @GalenLeRaaz
    @GalenLeRaaz Рік тому

    I kinda want to see a buddy movie done with characters based on Jason and Dan. I can be situated during the Californian Gold Rush, as a western, but with main focus on prospecting.

  • @rastaralph7154
    @rastaralph7154 Рік тому +1

    Nice vein! ❤️💛💚👍

  • @inqwit1
    @inqwit1 Рік тому

    When I watch these videos, I think of all the quartz veins encountered over decades, and it makes me wonder.

  • @rockbutcher
    @rockbutcher Рік тому +1

    Great stuff Jason. Any chance that silver mineral was tellurides? They aren't common in the camps where I've worked, but I've seen a few examples over the years. They are typically very soft when you test them with a scribe and sometimes have a bit of a peacock like refraction, similar to chalco but silvery.

  • @jamessparks1625
    @jamessparks1625 Рік тому +1

    Idk how hard rock works except a little but it almost looks like the foot wall is where the gold is in a line running perpendicular up the ridge which is good i think and like you said red oxidation near a quartz vein with 2 diffrent host rocks is good correct me if im wrong im just guessing.

  • @panhubvanisland
    @panhubvanisland Рік тому +1

    Awesome bro!!!

  • @stormrunner0029
    @stormrunner0029 Рік тому +1

    Just for the sake of asking, would panning the drill dusts dust give you an indication of viability of that area of the vain. Would it result in a faster test, though a narrow one.

  • @josephcormier5974
    @josephcormier5974 Рік тому +1

    Can't wait for this five stars my friend

  • @jimmierturner3597
    @jimmierturner3597 Рік тому

    Thanks!

  • @debztully1339
    @debztully1339 Рік тому +1

    Love the content.

  • @bryanmatthew6194
    @bryanmatthew6194 Рік тому +1

    Awesome 👏🏼

  • @mrgreenswelding2853
    @mrgreenswelding2853 Рік тому +1

    When smelting how do you keep the collector metal out of the flux? I'm having trouble with the bismuth getting caught in the flux.

  • @anonymostoxicmale3241
    @anonymostoxicmale3241 Рік тому +1

    nice watch. what happend to using bismuth instead of lead as collector metal?

  • @PigeonPortal
    @PigeonPortal Рік тому

    Can’t wait to see you helicopter onto that mountain and how much precious metals you get from that!!!

  • @genehunsinger3981
    @genehunsinger3981 Рік тому

    "CRAZY stuff"

  • @d.t.4523
    @d.t.4523 Рік тому +1

    Good luck!

  • @joshuajackson6442
    @joshuajackson6442 Рік тому

    Thank you thank you

  • @danielmcgrath7519
    @danielmcgrath7519 Рік тому +1

    Kool as thanks mate 👍

  • @ghilasbouzidi9182
    @ghilasbouzidi9182 Рік тому +1

    Hello, does just heating silver oxide is enough to reduce it?

  • @xenaguy01
    @xenaguy01 Рік тому

    24:00 The real questions are,
    1) How much of the surrounding rock would one have to dig for each ton of paydirt? Looks like a small vein, and you pretty much took most of the surface (easy) stuff.
    2) How much effort would be required to get that paydirt down the mountain? It can't very well be done by hand.

  • @UtmostOutdoors
    @UtmostOutdoors Рік тому

    Nice, I'm looking forward to what you come up with! My guess is it involves a helicopter! Best of luck my friend!

  • @Ethan-xm4fv
    @Ethan-xm4fv Рік тому

    Nice. Time ta get a chopper and big bags

  • @davejohnson9867
    @davejohnson9867 Рік тому

    When you're working up high like that, if you ran a zip line for a good length, you could zip your bag down. And then pull your steak up and do it again, at least that's what I would do, but I'm old and feeble I guess that's my problem LOL

  • @kenjohnson3412
    @kenjohnson3412 Рік тому +1

    What is the brand name of the feather and wedges you like?

  • @Orbacron
    @Orbacron Рік тому

    Zipline is great idea since 4wheelers are frowned upon

  • @kccorliss3922
    @kccorliss3922 Рік тому

    Jason needs a cargo drone to carry down material…. Or cargo blimp?? 🤔

  • @stupidminotaur9735
    @stupidminotaur9735 Рік тому

    Do you add soap to your water? for the gold. Helicopter hype. dan included that part into his video.